Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-05-28

and the 10y SAID: IL he perllce,
the perlice"
In the thi,d watch of the night
gambling dccs its worst work
What thcngl the honrshe shipping
away. and though the wife be
waiting in the cherries home?
Stirnp the fire. Bring on more
drinks. Put up more stakes. That
con mcrcal house that only little
while ago rnt ont sign Of copart-
nerShip will This winter he wrecked
on a gamblers table. There will
be many money till that will
spring n leak. A member of Cong
rcsS gamblcd with mcmher.elect
and won one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars. The old way of
srt:ing a living is so slow. The
old way of getting Il fortune is so
stupid. Come, let us toss mp and
see who shall have it. And so the
work goes on, from The wheeling
wretches pitching pennies in Il rum
grocery upto the millionaire gamb
lcr in the stock market.
In He third watch of the night,
pass down the streets Of these eli
ties. and YOU hear the click Of The
dice and the sharp. keen stroke of
the ball on the billiard table. At
these places merchant princess dis
mount. and legislators, tired Of
making laws, take n respite in
breaking them. All classes ot.peo
pie are robbed by this crimc-the
importer Of foreign silks and the
dealer in Chatham street pocket
haDdkeTchiefs. The clerks of the
store take Il aDdafterthe shutters
arc put up, and the officers of the
court while away their time while
the jury is out.
In Badcn-Badcn, when that city
was the greatest of all gambling
places OIL earth. it was no unusual
thing the next morning, in the
woods around about The city. to
find the suspended bodies OF sui
cides. Whatever be the splcndor
of surroundings, there is no excuse
for this crire. The thnndcrs of
eternal destruction roll in the deep
rumble of that gambling ten pin
alley, and as men come out to JOIN
the long procession of sin. all the
drums OF death beal the dead march
of IL thousand souls.
in one year, in the city of New
York, there we're seven million dol
lars sacrificed at the gaming table.
Perhaps some of your friends have
been smitten of this sin. Perhaps
some of you have been smitten by
it.
Perhaps there may be a stranger
in the house this morning come
from some of tie hotels. Lcok out
for these agents OF iniQuity who
tarry around about the hotels and
ask yon: "Would You like to see
The citys Yes" 'Have YOU
erleen to that splendid building
up tcwn?D "No.n Then the VII
liam will undertake to show you
What he calls the "Iions" and the
elephants" and after young
man. through morbid curiosity or
badness of ,las seen the ''lion"
aud the elephants" he will he Oh
enchanted ground. Look out for
these men who move around the
hotels with sleek hats-always
sleek l,ats-and ratronising air
and unaccountahle interest about
your welfare and cntertainment.-
You are a fool if you cannot see
through it. They want your mon :
ay.
Tn Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
while was livirg in that city. an
incident occurred which was famil-
lar to us there. In Chestnut street
u young man went into gambling
salccn. lost all his property. then
blew his brains oft, and l'efore the
blood was washed ilom the floor by
lie maid the comrades were shut
fling cards again.
You see there is more mercy
IN the hiehwayman for the be-
lated traveller on whose body he
caps HE stores. there is more mer
cv in he frost for the flower hat it
kills. there is more mercy in The
hurricane that shivers tho steamer
on the Long Island coast, than there
is mercy in thc heart Of a gambler
for lis victim.
In the third watch Of the night,
also, drunkenness does IFS worst.
The drinking will be respectable at
s o'clock in the morning, little
flushed at Q, talking and garrulous
at 10, ut II hlasphemous, ut ~ The
hat falls off, at the man falls to
the floor asking for more drink
Strcwn through drinking saloons
of the city, fathers, brothers. hus-
bands, sons as good as you are by
nature, perhaps better.
In the high circles OF society tits
hushedui,. A prince, fhe
gets noisy and uncomfortable, is
taken by his fellow jewellers who
try to get him to bed, or take him
home, wherein falls flatinto the en-
try. Do not wake up the children.
They have had disgrace enough
DO not let them know it. Hush it
ND. But sometimes it cannot be
hushed mp, when the rum touches
the brain and the man becomes
thoroughly .frenzied. Such a one
came home, having been ASSERTION
some time. during his absence his
wife had died, and she lay in the
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